diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm-c/Object.h b/llvm/include/llvm-c/Object.h
--- a/llvm/include/llvm-c/Object.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm-c/Object.h
@@ -39,6 +39,24 @@
 typedef struct LLVMOpaqueSymbolIterator *LLVMSymbolIteratorRef;
 typedef struct LLVMOpaqueRelocationIterator *LLVMRelocationIteratorRef;
 
+typedef enum {
+  LLVMBinaryTypeArchive,                /**< Archive file. */
+  LLVMBinaryTypeMachOUniversalBinary,   /**< Mach-O Universal Binary file. */
+  LLVMBinaryTypeCOFFImportFile,         /**< COFF Import file. */
+  LLVMBinaryTypeIR,                     /**< LLVM IR. */
+  LLVMBinaryTypeWinRes,                 /**< Windows resource (.res) file. */
+  LLVMBinaryTypeCOFF,                   /**< COFF Object file. */
+  LLVMBinaryTypeELF32L,                 /**< ELF 32-bit, little endian. */
+  LLVMBinaryTypeELF32B,                 /**< ELF 32-bit, big endian. */
+  LLVMBinaryTypeELF64L,                 /**< ELF 64-bit, little endian. */
+  LLVMBinaryTypeELF64B,                 /**< ELF 64-bit, big endian. */
+  LLVMBinaryTypeMachO32L,               /**< MachO 32-bit, little endian. */
+  LLVMBinaryTypeMachO32B,               /**< MachO 32-bit, big endian. */
+  LLVMBinaryTypeMachO64L,               /**< MachO 64-bit, little endian. */
+  LLVMBinaryTypeMachO64B,               /**< MachO 64-bit, big endian. */
+  LLVMBinaryTypeWasm,                   /**< Web Assembly. */
+} LLVMBinaryType;
+
 /**
  * Create a binary file from the given memory buffer.
  *
@@ -78,6 +96,14 @@
  */
 LLVMMemoryBufferRef LLVMBinaryCopyMemoryBuffer(LLVMBinaryRef BR);
 
+/**
+ * Retrieve the specific type of a binary.
+ *
+ * @see llvm::object::Binary::getType
+ */
+LLVMBinaryType LLVMBinaryGetType(LLVMBinaryRef BR);
+
+
 // ObjectFile creation
 LLVMObjectFileRef LLVMCreateObjectFile(LLVMMemoryBufferRef MemBuf);
 void LLVMDisposeObjectFile(LLVMObjectFileRef ObjectFile);
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Object/Object.cpp b/llvm/lib/Object/Object.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Object/Object.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Object/Object.cpp
@@ -85,6 +85,52 @@
   delete unwrap(BR);
 }
 
+LLVMBinaryType LLVMBinaryGetType(LLVMBinaryRef BR) {
+  class BinaryTypeMapper final : public Binary {
+  public:
+    static LLVMBinaryType mapBinaryTypeToLLVMBinaryType(unsigned Kind) {
+      switch (Kind) {
+      case ID_Archive:
+        return LLVMBinaryTypeArchive;
+      case ID_MachOUniversalBinary:
+        return LLVMBinaryTypeMachOUniversalBinary;
+      case ID_COFFImportFile:
+        return LLVMBinaryTypeCOFFImportFile;
+      case ID_IR:
+        return LLVMBinaryTypeIR;
+      case ID_WinRes:
+        return LLVMBinaryTypeWinRes;
+      case ID_COFF:
+        return LLVMBinaryTypeCOFF;
+      case ID_ELF32L:
+        return LLVMBinaryTypeELF32L;
+      case ID_ELF32B:
+        return LLVMBinaryTypeELF32B;
+      case ID_ELF64L:
+        return LLVMBinaryTypeELF64L;
+      case ID_ELF64B:
+        return LLVMBinaryTypeELF64B;
+      case ID_MachO32L:
+        return LLVMBinaryTypeMachO32L;
+      case ID_MachO32B:
+        return LLVMBinaryTypeMachO32B;
+      case ID_MachO64L:
+        return LLVMBinaryTypeMachO64L;
+      case ID_MachO64B:
+        return LLVMBinaryTypeMachO64B;
+      case ID_Wasm:
+        return LLVMBinaryTypeWasm;
+      case ID_StartObjects:
+      case ID_EndObjects:
+        llvm_unreachable("Marker types are not valid binary kinds!");
+      default:
+        llvm_unreachable("Unknown binary kind!");
+      }
+    }
+  };
+  return BinaryTypeMapper::mapBinaryTypeToLLVMBinaryType(unwrap(BR)->getType());
+}
+
 // ObjectFile creation
 LLVMObjectFileRef LLVMCreateObjectFile(LLVMMemoryBufferRef MemBuf) {
   std::unique_ptr<MemoryBuffer> Buf(unwrap(MemBuf));